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Easiest $180 I Ever Made

I don't use my business or personal AmEx cards all that often, so I called to cancel both of 'em this morning. The representative came back with a rather unexpected offer: “If we credit your corporate account $150, would you keep it alive?” Uh, yeah. I should cancel these things more often, man. He transfered me to the personal account management division and I pulled the same sob story on the fresh meat CSR. She returned: “If I offered you $30…” Awww?! Well, something was much better than nothing. The moral of the story is: I'm going to cancel these things every couple of months (or, at least, threaten to). Think Superman will ever catch on?

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10 Comments

Nice job Chris, did that before with A Visa Card.

Chris,
I like what you did with your Moblog.
Can I have the same copy as what you did?
Thank you
Johng

A brililant plot Chris. I'll have to try that at work today.

A brilliant plot Chris. I'll have to try that at work today.

Well I guess TechTV and leo worked out there differences. dam dam dam dam. Maby TechTV said they would advetise leo's book more.

Trust me, after all the interest you've paid, you didn't make any money. lol

I don't think Amex charges interest, since you can't hold a balance, but the yearly member fees are way too much.

Careful on canceling cards, esp old cards as that will affect your credit history and your FICO score.

Allot of credit card companies will do that in order to keep thier customers. They often will also lower your APR if you ask. Give it a shot.

Wow, that's pretty cool. I'll definitely have to try that.

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